Google Maps Route Manager Plugin Description

The CM WordPress Google Maps Route Manager plugin lets users draw routes to build a catalog of map routes and trails along points of interest. Create custom Google Maps to display interactive maps on your WordPress site with this easy to use route planner mapping tool.

Custom maps are an excellent way to visually boost any travel blog or website for outdoor enthusiasts by enabling a simple way to share local routes and location information. If you’re looking for a way to display multiple locations on one map and connect markers with a custom route, this is the best Google Maps plugin available!

With the Google Maps Route Planning feature, users can customize map markers and display pictures, descriptions, searchable map markers and other metadata for each map location.

Maps Plugin Route Page with Google Map and Heights Diagram

Using this Google Maps plugin lets you display an interactive map with a detailed trail description featuring additional location data like elevation and temperature for locations anywhere in the world.

@fifewalk at WordPress.org: "Excellent Plugin - We run a volunteer based website which is recording and sharing walking routes in our region and this plugin has proved to be ideal. I look forward to see it develop. The pro version is well worth the money!"

Through Google Maps integration, the Routes Planner tool lets you easily draw or calculate an optimized trail between multiple locations.

Sean Makin: "Perfect Fit - The CM Map Routes Manager was the perfect fit when it came to sharing walking routes."

Importing and Exporting KML and GPX Files

Routes created within the route mapping plugin can be shared and used on mobile devices by transferring a KML or GPX file to a mobile route tracking app, such as Strava or MapMyHike. Upload a KML or GPX file from your mobile GPS tracking device into the Routes Manager plugin to start building a map from a route you’ve already completed.

Creating a beautiful route map on your WordPress site is easy with the CM Google Maps Route Manager plugin.

The Routes Manager Google Maps plugin accepts GPX files from navigation devices such a Garmin, Magellan, and other popular handheld GPS devices.

WordPress Map Builder Plugin – Drawing Trails

Drawing Routes or Importing Locations from a Navigation Device

You can adjust the build map functionality to automatically show the best route as you drop route markers or choose to manually draw your own map route and route direction with your personally defined trail. Map marker icons can be customized, and groups of locations can be displayed as a map maker cluster upon zooming out.

You can also import locations and edit a route created on a GPS navigation device or mobile phone app such as MapMyHike.

@yeverett at WordPress.org: "Great Support - The Routes plugin is the best I’ve found for managing trails and maps, combined with Locations plugin. Also CreativeMinds have THE BEST support of any WordPress plugin I have used. I asked two things and they responded quickly and politely, and fixed both super fast! Amazing."

Integration with the WordPress CM Google Maps Location Plugin

When paired together, these two superb Google Maps plugins will allow you to display all map locations and map routes on the same Google Map. With this premiere interactive map bundle, users can view a map with multiple locations and routes, filter routes and locations, and click on a map marker to view details of a location or route on a dedicated description page.

Google Map Locations

The Google Maps Routes Planner plugin can easily be integrated with the Map Locations Manager plugin.

When paired together, these two superb Google Maps plugins will support showing all map locations and map routes on the same map, while clicking on a map point will take you to the location or route description page..

Map Showing Multiple Routes and Locations

This is the ideal solution for building a point of interest (POI) knowledge base complete with detailed route information.

@eliasgarcia at WordPress.org: "Great customer after buying PRO version - I had some compatibility problems with my purchased theme, but the guys from CM plugin help me to correct all the issues to make thinks work. Great help=great plugin!"

Using the WordPress Google Maps Route Manager Plugin

Google Maps Base – Use Google Maps to draw your own routes.

Route Planning and Optimizing – A great way to plan your route and optimize travel through using waypoints and nearby locations.

Mark Locations and Waypoints – Add specific locations to a map route with descriptions and images.

Display Google Map Trails with Elevation Change – A chart with the route’s elevation gain and loss may be shown directly beneath the route map.

Search Map Routes – Search routes by keywords, browse by category, or search in proximity to a specific zip code

Localizing Routes Labels

All frontend labels can easily be changed to any language allowing you to adjust the user interface to match that of your audience. This also includes adjusting terminology to fit your use case, allowing you to fully customize the map theme.

Add points of interests
– You can add points of interest along the route. Each point of interest can have an image and description content. Information can appear as an info-tip on the map route layer.

Routes Index Page
– All Routes can be displayed in an index page listing all available routes. Routes can be filtered by several parameters. Index page includes both a map with all available drawn routes and a textual list

Upload route from a KML/GPX file
– Routes can be imported from any device that generates a KML/GPX file. Mobile phones and navigation devices can generate such files

Export route to a KML/GPX file
– Routes created can later be exported to a KML/GPX file and shared with mobile devices, other travel sites and navigation aids

Altitude graph
– Altitude is added per each trail view and is also accompanied by information such as trail distance, average speed, peak altitude and more

Slopes
– Ability to show slopes on the altitude graph. User can choose per route if to show or not to show slopes and from which angle

Images and Video
– Images and video can be added to both trail information or per specific locations along the route

Categories
– Routes can be assigned to categories and filtered by categories

Tags
– Tags can be added to routes and allow filtering of routes by tags

Shortcodes
– Several shortcodes are supported. Shortcodes can be embedded in posts as a widget to show a single trail, or used to show a map with all trails in a specific category. Shortcodes can also show a user dashboard with all uploaded routes.

Search
– Trail description, map locations, and route name can be searched by keywords.

Zip code search
– Routes can be searched by region using a zip code search. A zip code must be assigned to a location within the route to the zip search to work.

Moderation and Notifications
– The admin can moderate routes submitted by users. Admins can choose to receive notifications for new routes submitted by users. Users can be notified when their route is approved.

User Dashboard
– Users can view and edit all their routes in a user dashboard showing all their posted routes.

Tooltips
– Users can add tooltips to the route map for each location and can determine the amount of information displayed in the map tooltip. If enabled, tooltips will automatically display once a route loads.

Weather information
– Weather information can be shown near each location or on the top part of the route description.

GDPR Compliant
– Provides tools that let users have full control over their data, assisting the admin with data regulations compliance. Learn more.

CM Google Map Routes Manager Editions and Pricing

Feature

Basic

Pro

Deluxe

Ultimate

Free

$39

$59

$99

Draw routes on a Google Map

Add a description and images to each trail

Show all routes on a Google Map

Import Locations from KML/GPX

Export to KML/GPX

Categories Support

Tags Support

Images for route locations

Search routes

Search routes by zip

Shortcode support

Weather information

Altitude graph

Slopes

Customize Labels

Access Control

Set icon per each location

Taxonomies and category filtering

Routes moderation and notification

On Map Tooltips

Voting

CM Google Map Locations Manager plugin includes

CM PeepSo integration add-on includes

CM Google Map Routes Custom Fields add-on includes

CM Anonymous Posting add-on includes

CM Strava Integration includes

CM BuddyPress Integration includes

Free

$39

$59

$99

CM Google Map Routes Plugin Additional Add-ons and Modules

The following is a list of additional modules and addons which can be installed together with the Routes plugin and provide additional functionality

CM Google Map Routes Manager Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use the plugin to show driving routes?

Yes. The Plugin can show car, bike and walking trails. You can create a driving route and show it as a route page or embed in a page or a post

Can I use a shortcode to show a route within my post?

Yes. This is part of the plugin’s features. It comes with several shortcodes that support showing a route or several routes together on any post or page

Can I import trails created with MapMyHike or MapMyWalks?

Yes. You can export files from MapMyHike.com or MapMyWalks.com to KML or GPX and import them to the plugin

Can I export a route I have created to use elsewhere?

Yes. Each route created can be exported to a KML or GPX file and used in mobile devices or uploaded to other map sites

How many trails can I store with the plugin?

There is no limit to the number of trails which can be stored

Can I change the language that my users see to French (plugin generated)?

Yes, all of the front-end labels can be changed manually to any language you like. You can even just change the phrasing or the style of english if you prefer something more formal or more casual for instance. This is done through the admin dashboard. Go to CM Maps Routes Manager Pro → Settings → Labels. Click hear to learn more.

Can visitors to the site create and publish routes without being logged on?

Not by default. For non logged in users to publish routes using our plugin you will need the Routes Anonymous Posting addon. You can view the product page for this add-on by clicking here.

Can I choose which routes appear on my site before they're published?

Yes you can. There is a setting in the plugin to enable moderation of newly added routes. To toggle this feature on or off on the admin dashboard, read this documentation article

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Google Map Routes Manager Demo

To see the major features of the Google Maps Route Manager Plugin, check out the video clips below. Or try them out yourself on our demo site!

The Routes plugin is the best I’ve found for managing trails and maps, combined with Locations plugin. Also CreativeMinds have THE BEST support of any WordPress plugin I have used. I asked two things and they responded quickly and politely, and fixed both super fast! Amazing.

We run a volunteer based website which is recording and sharing walking routes in our region and this plugin has proved to be ideal. I look forward to see it develop. The pro version is well worth the money!

Using PRO version and had some issues in development showing the map and elevation graph responsive to browser and screen size. CM responded quickly to my questions and resolved them for me.FYI – graph and elevations appear to truncate when you use responsive views in Firefox, Chrome etc unless you refresh the screen. So its just a development issue to be aware of. When using the plugin normally on phones and tablets there’s no problem at all 🙂